Women's cross country knocks off Southern Maine in season opener, 20-43

Victoria Sanford '14 (photo by Sportspix.biz)

Aug 30, 2013

GORHAM, Maine -- The Brandeis women's cross country team got off to a successful start in 2013 with a convicing 20-43 victory over host Southern Maine today. The Huskies were ranked No. 10 in New England in the preseason by the USTFCCCA.

The Judges were led by senior co-captain Victoria Sanford (Lagrangeville, N.Y./Arlington), who won the race with a time of 16:42. Sanford led a group of four teammates who crossed the finish line in a pack. Rookie Maddie Dollins (Highland Park, Ill./Highland Park), sophomore Kelsey Whitaker (Kingston, Mass./Notre Dame Acad.) and senior co-captain Amelia Lundkvist (South Portland, Maine/Cheverus) - who was competing in front of a home-town crowd - all cross the line ahead of their Southern Maine opponents with a time of 16:43.

After a span of five more runners - one USM alumnus and four active Husky competitors - rookie Ashley Piccirillo-Horan (North Granby, Conn./Granby Memorial) rounded out the Brandeis coring runners with a time of 16:54. Rookie Heather Murphy (Millstone, N.J./Allentown) was the sixth Brandeis runner in 17:06, followed by senior Ali Kirsch (Sharon, Mass./Sharon) in seventh with a time of 17:28.

The Judges return to action on Sept. 21 at the UMass Dartmouth Shriner's Invitational.